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		People John Ashe Dr. John W. Ashe was elected Chairman of the thirteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13), a session which focused on the thematic cluster of water, sanitation and human settlements and completed the second or “Policy” year of the first two-year (2004-2005) “Implementation Cycle” of the CSD. As Chairman, Dr. Ashe oversaw the Commission’s negotiations on measures to speed up implementation and mobilize action to overcome obstacles and constraints and to build on lessons learned in the focal areas of the thematic cluster — issues which were highlighted by participants during CSD-12, the "Review year". Dr. Ashe’s chairmanship caps a long association with the Commission, on which he has served in various capacities. He was a member of the Bureaux of CSD-1 and CSD-7, and was Vice-President of the Bureau of the Johannesburg Summit. Dr. Ashe also possesses an intimate knowledge of the negotiating atmosphere of the CSD, having chaired negotiations on finance, energy, SIDS and the “Means of Implementation” chapter of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation. Dr. Ashe is Antigua and Barbuda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations and its Ambassador to the World Trade Organization and he has Ministerial Responsibility for Sustainable Development Matters and the WTO. He has also served as Vice-Chairman of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA and UNICEF; Chairman of the Executive Board of the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol; Chairman of the UNFCCC’s Subsidiary Body on Implementation; and Chairman of negotiations on budgetary and administrative matters within the CBD, UNCCD, the Basel Convention, and the Montreal Protocol. Dr. Ashe is a citizen of Antigua and Barbuda and holds a Ph.D in Bioengineering from the University of Pennsylvania. He is married with two children.
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